For a team that was having trouble scoring runs, the Cleveland Indians found an antidote Saturday — the Houston Astros. How about 14 runs in the first two innings?

Guess the Tribe took Jason Giambi to heart.

Jason Giambi: Punchless no more, the Indians unload on the Astros. (AP Photo)

"We need to relax and let the game come to us," Giambi told Cleveland's Plain Dealer ahead of the game. "This team is too good. We're just trying to make too much happen. Unfortunately, the harder you try in this game, the worse you play.

"It just seems we can't get over the top."

Over the top? Way over it. The Tribe finished with a 19-6 victory in which they banged out 22 hits.

Eight Indians crossed the plate in the first; six more followed in the second. In the process, Astros starter Philip Humber was drilled and out of the game after facing 10 batters and getting one out. That man was leadoff batter Michael Brantley, who flied to center.

Nick Swisher doubled to drive in the Indians' first run. Giambi followed with a two-run double, and Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer. Not to be left out, Brantley got another at-bat, a two-run double, that sent humbled Humber to the shower.

Dallas Keuchel snubbed out the first-inning rally only to get lit up in the second. Instead of extra-base hits, the Astros suffered through a parade of singles, a bases-loaded walk to Brantley and an error that resulted in a run.

Manager Terry Francona's starting lineup was filled with Mendoza Line candidates, including Giambi — who entered the game hitting .083.

Keuchel continued into the third inning, in which Carlos Santana homered.

After the Astros got three runs back in the third, Giambi answered with a three-run homer against Travis Blackley, in his first inning in relief of Keuchel.

Giambi had five RBIs and Reynolds drove in four runs. Scott Kazmir was unable to get the win in his first major league appearance since April 3, 2011. He allowed six runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.